Starting school: A pivotal life transition for children and their families

Family Matters

Volumn 90, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 45-56

  Sayers, Mary ^a,b   West, Sue ^a   Lorains, Jen ^a   Laidlaw, Bella ^a,b   Moore, Tim G ^a,b   Robinson, Rachel ^a  

^a MURDOCH CHILDREN'S RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EID: 84868517898     PISSN: 10302646     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

References (41)

1. Astbury, B. (2009). Evaluation of Transition: A Positive Start to School pilots. Melbourne: University of Melbourne Centre for Program Evaluation.
2. Bagnato, S. J. (2007). Authentic assessment for early childhood intervention: Best practices. New York: Guilford Press.
3. Brinkman, S. A., Silburn, S. R., Lawrence, D., Goldfeld, S., Sayers, M., & Oberklaid, F. (2007). Construct and concurrent validity of the Australian Early Development Index. Early Education and Development, 18(3), 427-451.
4. Bronfenbrenner, U. (1979). The ecology of human development: Experiments by nature and design. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press.
5. Centre for Community Child Health. (2006). Linking Schools and Early Years Services final report. Melbourne: Royal Children's Hospital Melbourne.
6. Centre for Community Child Health. (2008). Rethinking the transition to school: Linking Schools and Early Years Services (Policy Brief No. 11). Melbourne: Royal Children's Hospital Melbourne. Retrieved from .
7. Centre for Community Child Health & Telethon Institute for Child Health Research. (2009). A snapshot of early childhood development in Australia: AEDI National Report 2009. Canberra: Australian Government.
8. Centre for Equity and Innovation in Early Childhood. (2008). Transition: A Positive Start to School: Literature review. Melbourne: University of Melbourne Centre for Equity and Innovation in Early Childhood.
9. Cronbach, L. J. (1951). Coefficient alpha and the internal structure of tests. Psychometrika, 16(3), 297-334.
10. Department of Education and Early Childhood Development. (2009). Victorian Early Years Learning and Development Framework: For all children from birth to eight years. Melbourne: DEECD.
11. Department of Education and Early Childhood Development. (2011). Follow-up evaluation of the Transition: A Positive Start to School initiative. Melbourne: DEECD.
12. Dockett, S., & Perry, B. (2001). Starting school: Effective transitions. Early Childhood Research and Practice, 3(2), 1-14.
13. Dockett, S., & Perry, B. (2007). Transitions to school: Perceptions, expectations, experiences. Sydney: University of New South Wales Press.
14. Dockett, S., Perry, B., & Kearney, E. (2010). School readiness: What does it mean for Indigenous children, families, schools and communities? (Issues Paper No. 2). Melbourne: Closing the Gap Clearinghouse.
15. Eastman, C., Newton, B., Rajkovic, M., & Valentine, K. (2010). Linking Schools and Early Years project evaluation: Data collection round 2. Sydney: Social Policy Research Centre, University of New South Wales
16. Educational Transitions and Change Research Group. (2011). Transition to school: Position statement. Albury-Wodonga, NSW: Research Institute for Professional Practice, Learning and Education, Charles Sturt University. Retrieved from .
17. Edwards, B., Taylor, M., & Fiorini, M. (2011). Who gets the "gift of time" in Australia? Exploring delayed primary school entry. Australian Review of Public Affairs, 10(1), 41-60.
18. Emig, C., Moore, A., & Scarupa, H. J. (2001). School readiness: Helping communities get children ready for school and schools ready for children (Child Trends Research Brief). Washington, DC: Child Trends.
19. Goldfeld, S., O'Connor, M., Sayers, M., Moore, T., & Oberklaid, F. (2012). Prevalence and correlates of special health care needs in a population cohort of Australian children at school entry. Journal of Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics, 33(4), 319-327. doi:10.1097/DBP.0b013e31824a7b8e
20. Goldfeld, S., Sayers, M., Brinkman, S., Silburn, S., & Oberklaid, F. (2009). The process and policy challenges of adapting and implementing the Early Development Instrument in Australia. Early Education & Development, 20(6), 978-991.
21. Holden, M. (2009). Community interests and indicator system success. Social Indicators Research, 92(3), 429-448.
22. Janus, M., Brinkman, S. A., & Duku, E. K. (2011). Validity and psychometric properties of the Early Development Instrument in Canada, Australia, United States, and Jamaica. Social Indicators Research, 103(2), 283-297.
23. Janus, M., & Offord, D. (2007). Development and psychometric properties of the Early Development Instrument (EDI): A measure of children's school readiness. Canadian Journal of Behavioural Science, 39(1), 1-22.
24. Kagan, S. L., & Rigby, D. E. (2003). Improving the readiness of children for school: Recommendations for state policy. Washington, DC: Centre for the Study of Social Policy.
25. La Paro, K. M., & Pianta, R. C. (2001). Predicting children's competence in the early school years: A meta-analytic review. Review of Educational Research, 70(4), 443-484.
26. Magnuson, K. A., Ruhm, C., & Waldfogel, J. (2007). Does prekindergarten improve school preparation and performance? Economics of Education Review, 26(1), 33-51. (Pubitemid 46024445)
27. Melhuish, E. (2003). A literature review of the impact of early years provision on young children, with emphasis given to children from disadvantaged backgrounds. London, UK: National Audit Office.
28. Nolan, A., Hamm, C., McCartin, J., Hunt., Scott, C., & Barty, K. (2009). Outcomes and Indicators of a Positive Start to School: Report prepared by Victoria University for the Department of Education and Early Childhood Development. Melbourne: Victoria University.
29. Pianta, R. C., & La Paro, K. M. (2003). Improving early school success. Educational Leadership, 60(7), 24-29. (Pubitemid 36507831)
30. Rhode Island KIDS COUNT. (2005). Getting ready: Findings from the National School Readiness Indicators Initiative. A 17 state partnership. Providence, RI: Rhode Island KIDS COUNT.
31. Sammons, P., Sylva, K., Melhuish, E., Siraj-Blatchford, I., Taggart, B., Grabbe, Y., & Barreau, S. (2007). Effective Pre-School and Primary Education 3-11 Project (EPPE 3-11): Summary report. Influences on children's attainment and progress in Key Stage 2: Cognitive outcomes in Year 5 (Research Report No. RR828). Nottingham: DfES Publications.
32. Sanson, A., Nicholson, J., Ungerer, J., Zubrick, S., Wilson, K., Ainley, J. et al. (2002). Introducing the Longitudinal Study of Australian Children. Canberra: Australian Institute of Family Studies.
33. Sayers, M., Coutts, M., Goldfeld, S., Oberklaid, F., Brinkman, S. A., & Silburn, S. R. (2007). Building better communities for children: Community implementation and evaluation of the Australian Early Development Index. Early Education & Development, 18(3), 519-534.
34. Sayers, M., Mithen, J., Knight, K., Camm, S., & Goldfeld, S. (2011). The AEDI in Schools Study: Final report: Report prepared for the Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations by the Centre for Community Child Health, The Royal Children's Hospital, Murdoch Childrens Research Institute. Melbourne: RCH & Murdoch Childrens Research Institute.
35. Sayers, M., Moore, T., Brinkman, S., & Goldfeld, S. (2012). The impact of preschool on children's developmental outcomes and transition to school in Australia. Manuscript submitted for publication.
36. Seefeldt, C., & Wasik, B. A. (2006). Early education: Three-, four-, and five-year-olds go to school. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Merrill-Prentice Hall.
37. Siraj-Blatchford, I., & Woodhead, M. (2009). Effective early childhood programmes: Early childhood in Focus Four. Milton Keynes, UK: Open University with the Bernard van Leer Foundation.
38. SuccessWorks. (2010). Evaluation of Transition: A Positive Start to School initiative. Final report. Melbourne: SuccessWorks.
39. Sylva, K., Melhuish, E., Sammons, P., Siraj-Blatchford, I., & Taggart, B. (2004). The Effective Provision of Pre-School Education (EPPE) project: Final report. London, UK: Institute of Education, University of London.
40. Sylva, K., Melhuish, E., Sammons, P., Siraj-Blatchford, I., & Taggart, B. (2010). Early childhood matters: Evidence from the Effective Pre-school and Primary Education Project. London, UK: Routledge.
41. West, S., & Nolan, A. (2012). Outcomes and Indicators of a Positive Start to School: Development of Framework and Tools. Report prepared for the Victorian Department of Education and Early Childhood Development, Melbourne. Melbourne: DEECD.